This is truly an ironic situation. We have been fighting for a free world, and our opponents are mostly huge corporations from the United States of America, a place where freedom and freedom of speech is said to be held high.

That said, several commentators thought the move may be an elaborate hoax by the company.

Foreign Policy said that a few years back the company joked that it was being hosted from the North Korean embassy.

If that's true, then TPB has decided to make this joke a little more elaborate, including using bold statements about internet freedom.

The founders wrote:

The Pirate Bay has been hunted in many countries around the world. Not for illegal activities but being persecuted for beliefs of freedom of information. Today, a new chapter is written in the history of the movement, as well as the history of the internets.